[HELP] Need help deciding my professional future!

SimãoSilva

Hello, first of all I'm very sorry if this forum is not the appropriate one to create this topic on, I'm still very new to forums!
I'm a 18 year old teenager fresh out of high school and i have almost no idea what to do now, i want to be a 3d artist, mostly for games but i would do 3d modeling and texturing for anything, i studied audiovisuals ( sorry English is not my firs language and don´t know what it would be called in English) in high school, most of it was photography, and film, i had wanted to study 3d but that course didn´t exist in my school until i was in year 2, but when  i knew about it i said to myself that i would study 3d in my free time and i did it, in my summer break and on eater and Christmas i would stay home and model whatever i could, and once a teacher in my school that taught 3d gave me classes in the summer, i even had an internship in a 3d / vfx / architecture company and my final project ( which I'll be posting in here in a few days ) was done with 3d !
Sorry for all the story ;-;
now I'll go straigth tot he point!
I am almost out of high school now and i don't know what to do, my father ( i know all he wants is the best for me) wants me to go to collage but i live in a very backwards country when it comes to 3D and there is only 1 good collage where i could learn 3D but its way to expensive, and he says that if i do not study i'll work for him, and i have even got a invite to work in the studio were i had my internship but the problem is that it would consume my whole time and i wouldn't have time to study thing in my spare time, i need to study sculpting in z brush and practice more modeling but in there i wouldn't be able to. and now I'm really divided, i don't know what to do if i should go to college and if i do what should i study ! or if i should work in the company i internship-ed, or even if i shouldn't do any of these and just study by myself for a year or something, i just don't know really and really wanted to ask you guys that have worked in the business for years and even the new guys like me what they would do !
Please help me !
Thank you very much for your time ! ^^ 

aesir

Hey I'm 31 and not sure what my future holds either!

I think you should relax.  Life isn't a race or a straight path.  You don't need to everything perfectly the first time.  Go through life with your mind open, and you'll be presented with an unbelievable amount of possibilities that could lead anywhere.

PyrZern

If you want to pursue 3d, you can always learn online. (way cheaper) You could pick any college with arts program (doesn't have to be 3d program).  It also probably gonna help you greatly if you know what you want to make... (characters, guns, cars, houses, etc etc etc)

Eric Chadwick

• Education In The Games Industry: Yes or No? a thread full of education-related questions, links, and resources.
• http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Game_Industry
  

RN

I agree with PyrZern, go to a practical visual arts program in a decent college. You need to grow up right now; a serious course can teach you things that may not be 3D but will still help you become a better artist, and you can study 3D on the side.
Read some curriculums and see if any gets you excited.

SimãoSilva

thank you all for the answer ! and yes I'll see any arts program around where i live, there is a good 3d but it is are way to expensive for me to go, and now I'll make sure to read what Eric Chadwick sent ! thank you all very much ! ^^

Thane-

I barely learned anything at the 8 month art course i took at the U of Washington. I could have learned it all in a week on youtube. It was a very general 3D animation course 60% 3ds Max general 3D / 40% animation.